Yamyam

flying saucer

Kremlin

Welcome, bob2hh! I look forward to your comments! I've tried stiletto heels on one or two occasions, and while I love how they look and feel, I agree that you have to take care in them. For general walking about I quite like wedges, but i can see that a chunky block heel would also be good. I loved the story about the furniture store! That's where I'd like to be too! Well done.

Ychelle, welcome, and I'm glad you decided to 'surface' and share your thoughts with us. I had no problem with your English, and I'm looking forward to reading more of what you have to say!

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My son (17) wears a t-shirt that says "Chaos and Disorder! My work is done here."

I have the keyring!

My Dad, by contrast, has one that says "Why be difficult, when with a little more effort, you could be *impossible*"

abess

petrol

Why thank you, heelsfan! I must admit that I hadn't thought about what to wear for Oxford - hmmm, there's a thought. So many shoes, so little time!

I don't think once can get more "UK central" than Bimingham eh ?

Oh, don't get me started! "We call it the Midlands because it's cunningly hidden in the middle of the country" - me, to anyone of the dozens of people who ask where the Midlands is/are.

I laughed several times. Nice one, Bubba!

in polite company (isn't that part of the fun?)

balsa

cornucopia

No, I've never had that. I also either get crushed toes or a burning sensation under the ball of my foot. Now that I'm more careful with what I wear, I get less of those sensations. I've found that anytime my feet feel a little sore, either wriggling my toes or just walking around a bit helps. This is part of the reason I don't often drive in heels any more.

Hi, maja. Glad to meet you. Hope you have lots of fun here too. Don't be shy, put your best foot forward and let us know what you think!

[They help me to relax. When I wear my boots to bed, I fall asleep very quickly and have nice dreams.

Still no idea. I tried last night, lay in bed awake for an hour, but I couldn't get to sleep. So I decided to get a drink, but by then my toes had gone to sleep, so I couldn't walk in my heels. So I ripped the heels off, flung them on the floor, then went to get a drink. After tripping over my shoes, I decided that this was one idea I'd leave to the experts, and crawled back to bed. I finally fell asleep at about 2am, which is probably why I look like hell now, as I'm exhausted! I even nodded off for five minutes, but was woken up by the phone, fortunately.

Oh, I don't know. I tend to prefer cuddlier, woman-shaped women myself. I don't see the attraction of muscular women, altho' that's probably because I'm fairly pear-shaped myself at 5'9" in socks and 12st, and I can't take the competition

Error: brain fried! And i've done enough physics to follow part of that, too. Looks like I'd best be getting my camera out again

How so, micha? Were you planning a 'shoebagging' as a protest or something? (And I'm amused the joke works the other way around - there's a corresponding British joke about our Prime Minister, Gerhard Schroeder, err, some bloke called Blair)

I'm delighted, Francis. Well done also on passing your forklift test. And good luck on finding a job - if you need a hand, just ask. (Oh, and Highluc, "bureaucracy" in the UK implies "crazy". Not to mention any number of less polite words, such as "jobsworth", which essentially means someone who applies the stupidest rules they can find irrespective of the situation.)

Hey Yamyam,

are you now starting a discussion about 'SHOEBAGGING' ?

micha :drinking:

Perhaps! I'd just assumed that texasbumpkin would have a handbag, but obviously not. I suspect being hit with a bag full of shoes might be very painful! Especially if it was a bag of extra-spiky shoes. Let's just see if Hoverfly is okay after that experience, then he can tell us how it felt!

mortice (Terry Pratchett is a British author of fantasy books set in magical (and flat) world. Try Amazon )

I still have no idea how you guys can sleep in heels! I have enough trouble going to sleep anyway, in heels I'd never manage to fall asleep!

Julietta - another set of stunning pictures! I love them all, especially the garden shots. They were well worth the effort, I think. And your writings were also a delight to read. All in all, "WOW!". It's certainly given me something to aim for as I take more photos.